Ryhill Halt railway station

Ryhill Halt
Site of the former station in 2013
General information
Location	Ryhill, City of Wakefield England
Coordinates	53°37′03″N1°24′44″W / 53.617500°N 1.412300°W / 53.617500; -1.412300
Grid reference	SE389135
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	LYR
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 June 1912 (1912-06-03)	Station opened
10 September 1951	Station closed
Location

Ryhill Halt railway station in Ryhill, West Yorkshire, England was a small railway halt on the Dearne Valley Junction Railway, a branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway which connected it to the Dearne Valley Railway. ^[1] It was situated between Wakefield Kirkgate and Grimethorpe. It was opened for passenger traffic on 3 June 1912 and closed, along with others on the line on 10 September 1951. ^[2]

Another station, Ryhill, served the village on the GCR's Barnsley Coal Railway from 1882 to 1930, about half a mile to the north-west.

References

1. Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 135, 140. ISBN   0-7153-4906-6.
2. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 202. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

External links

• Ryhill station on navigable 1955 O. S. map

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Wakefield Kirkgate Line closed, station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Dearne Valley Railway		Grimethorpe Halt Line and station closed